POCKET SURGERY SET

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Title

POCKET SURGERY SET

Description

Velvet lined leather case containing instruments with tortoise shell handles. 

Includes: 

  • Scalpel
  • Tenaculum
  • Curette
  • Gum lancet
  • Vaccinations
  • Thumb lancet
  • Probe
  • Silver catheter
  • Caustich holder (ebony handle) 
  • Needles
  • Catgut 

Date

1840’s

Identifier

BK235 (i): Image 2949, 2950

Files

HMS-Artifacts-10-29 & 10-31 W#-2950.jpg
HMS-Artifacts-10-29 & 10-31 W#-2949.jpg

Collection

Surgery

Citation

“POCKET SURGERY SET,” Hartford Medical Society Archives, accessed May 13, 2024, https://hartfordmedicalsociety.omeka.net/items/show/251.

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